Sinkhole Forms In Cherry Hill, Road Repairs Complete

Correction: The other sinkhole that recently formed in South Jersey was in Delran.

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Repairs have been completed on a sinkhole that formed on a Cherry Hill roadway, the township said Friday.

The sinkhole was detected at 11 a.m. Thursday in the intersection of Pawtucket Drive and Partridge Lane — in the Fox Hollow neighborhood. It was caused by a failed and collapsed sewer line, which runs down Partridge Lane, according to Brian Bauerle, chief of staff for the Mayor's Office.

The hole was 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep.

Officials posted detours and rerouted traffic in the area. Sewer-line repairs were completed by 6:30 p.m. that evening.

The roadway has reopened to traffic. Additional road repairs to asphalt will be finished by the end of the working day Friday, Bauerle told Patch.

Sewer and water services were not impacted, and the sinkhole didn't cause any injuries.

This marks at least the second sinkhole to form in South Jersey over the past week. On Sunday, a sewer line collapsed in Delran and caused a massive hole to form on the roadway above. Read more: Massive Sinkhole Opens On Burlington Co. Road After Sewer Collapse

Both sinkholes developed on roadways near bodies of water. Delran's formed near Swedes Lake and blocks away from a harbor that feeds into the Delaware River. Cherry Hill's occurred about a block down from the North Branch of the Cooper River.

Sinkholes can naturally form when rainfall and other water move through soil and dissolve the rocks beneath, causing the ground to collapse, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The state says that solid waste and the underground installation of pipes and drains can also lead to sinkholes.